Online Media Industry

Keeping up with the ways its customers are doing business, and providing a superior online experience is a priority at the City of West Chicago. Over the past year the City has taken notice of the increase in the use of portable devices, and came to the conclusion that its website, www.westchicago.org, needed an overhaul to accommodate this trend. Built in 2006 prior to the Smart phone and tablet revolution, the former website's graphic and text-heavy pages were not designed with conversion flexibility over a range of devices. When viewed on a phone or tablet, the result was sometimes skewed graphics, off-set text and misplaced links. Enter "Responsive Web Design", the...

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Keeping up with the ways its customers are doing business, and providing a superior online experience is a priority at the City of West Chicago. Over the past year the City has taken notice of the increase in the use of portable devices, and came to the...

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Learn about Public Records Online at the Indian Prairie Public Library on Thursday, May 15, from 7 to 8 p.m. Jeff Metcalf, founder and CEO of Record Information Services, Inc., will demonstrate how to use the redesigned public records system to find...

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